The Breadth and Width of Self-Control Practices of Filipino Older People

Abstract

The present study’s aim was to validate a proposition on the Theory of Self-control in Old-age which states that older adults exercise self-control differently. Case study design was employed in the study enlisting five sixty-year-old residents of Iligan City who qualified for an in-depth one-on-one interview. The study design was qualitative in nature using thematic case analysis approach revealing a significant finding indicating that in old-age, older people exercise self-control differently. Themes generated were: varying contexts shape how older adults display self—control; acknowledging that actions and behaviors are consequential and differing manifestations of self-control for each older adult. The exercise of self-control which varied uniquely for each older adults, was displayed in their day-to-day choices of dealing with other people, in the actions that affect their health, and in the way they utilize and handle their living resources.